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Descriptor English: Embalming
Descriptor Spanish: Embalsamiento
Descriptor embalsamamiento
Scope note: Proceso de preservación de un cuerpo muerto para prevenir su descomposición.
Descriptor Portuguese: Embalsamamento
Descriptor French: Embaumement
Entry term(s): Embalmings
Tree number(s): I01.076.201.450.550.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004615
Scope note: Process of preserving a dead body to protect it from decay.
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
Related: Mummies MeSH
DeCS ID: 4689
Unique ID: D004615
NLM Classification: WA 844
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Embalming - Preferred
Concept UI M0007243
Scope note Process of preserving a dead body to protect it from decay.
Preferred term Embalming
Entry term(s) Embalmings



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